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Christ the True and Better - Hebrews 5:9-14 - The True and Better High Priest - pt.3 · Mount Eaton Church

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  Father, I just want to thank you for your faithfulness and goodness.
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  Thank you for these opportunities.
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  Lord, we're not a people that have been called to stand on political stances and we are
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  people that have been called to stand on your word and I pray that as we walk through it
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  we understand the importance of it and that we really understand the importance of it
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  for your people.
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  Help us to rightly divide it, to teach full counsel of your word, to really stand on the
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  side of righteousness, on the side of truth, not on the side of opinion or political stance
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  but really help us to be sanctified separate, different than the world in every way and
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  I pray that your word impacts us in a way that this kind of really starts to transform
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  our minds in understanding who you are and what your purpose and plan is.
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  Lord, we thank you for your faithfulness and goodness and we thank you for these opportunities
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  to present the truth before people for them to decide for themselves the reality of your
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  goodness and faithfulness but yet also that through the power of the Holy Spirit truth
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  is revealed and truth comes.
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  So Lord we thank you for that and we praise you in Jesus' name, amen.
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  So we're going to be dealing with some very tough issues today as a matter of fact dealing
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  with that particular issue itself.
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  So if you would go to verse 7.
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  I feel led to say this, so I'm going to say it.
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  A lot of times I think what preachers do is they get on their soap boxes about certain
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  things and they're not really on the soap box of truth biblically, they're on the soap
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  box of wanting to be accepted among their peers or among other quote unquote believers.
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  Though there are times when that is a good thing, I think in many cases it can be a detrimental
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  thing because the preacher should always be pushing and driving people to Jesus and that
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  Jesus is the one who should be bringing the reflection of holiness and righteousness as
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  we look at ourselves compared to him and that's what should be reorienting us.
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  So I'm saying that because I think this is going to be important as we go through verse
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  7 through the rest of the chapter.
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  So verse 7 of chapter 5 says this, in the days of his flesh Jesus offered up prayers
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  and supplications with loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death
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  and he was heard because of his reverence.
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  Although he was a son he learned obedience through what he suffered and being made perfect
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  he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God
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  a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
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  Without this we have much to say and it is hard to explain since you have become doll
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  of hearing for though by this time you ought to be teachers you need someone to teach you
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  again the basic principles of the oracles of God.
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  You need milk not solid food for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the world
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  of righteousness since he is a child but solid food is for the mature for those who have
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  heard for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish
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  good from evil.
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  Now very important because verse 9 really starts to deal with a particular conversation
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  a particular statement.
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  So first I want us to understand this Christ is the king of righteousness our high priest
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  our Melchizedek.
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  Now what's interesting about the word Melchizedek he is means king of righteousness but do you
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  know where he is from?
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  He is from he is the king of Salem or Salam right.
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  Salem is the king of peace.
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  He is the king of peace the king of righteousness.
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  Now the question would be many would say well that's Jesus but isn't isn't God Yahweh the
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  king of righteousness.
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  Isn't God Yahweh the king of peace.
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  Is he not as the triune God the king of all things.
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  I mean what would change only Jesus being the king of righteousness and the king of
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  peace when in reality God himself is king.
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  Jesus being the second person of the Trinity representing the triune Godhead.
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  Now I want you to think about that because I there in my opinion I think Melchizedek
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  may be a little different than what you're thinking.
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  I want you to think about that in the next couple of weeks as we get into chapter 7.
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  Now that was principle number one Christ is the king of righteousness our high priest
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  our Melchizedek Christ being our source of eternal salvation requires a high priest who
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  was and is and always will be the priest of the most high God.
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  And remember we talked about a couple weeks ago that Jesus is the exact imprint the exact
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  representation of the father that he and the father are the exactly the same and if he
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  and the father are exactly the same then so is the spirit of God.
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  There's a hint.
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  Now when we're looking at Hebrews chapter 5 verse 9 here's some very important words
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  here and being made perfect was Jesus made perfect.
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  The word perfect here is not that he was imperfect to become perfect.
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  This word perfect actually is the is this is the statement exalted to the state of heavenly
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  majesty.
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  So Jesus being exalted to the state of heavenly majesty.
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  Remember Jesus says in chapter 17 of John that he is going to the father and that he
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  specifically prays in the beginning of his prayer that God the father would glorify the
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  son and bring him back to the same glory he had before.
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  That's this idea right here exalted to the state of heavenly majesty.
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  Okay.
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  That's the word perfect.
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  He became the source the ideas ideas means the cause.
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  He became the cause of eternal salvation.
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  He causes eternal salvation.
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  I want you to hear that.
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  You know what causing is right.
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  Something that's not to something that becomes he causes it.
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  He is the cause of eternal salvation to who to all who obey him to everyone or only to
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  those who obey him.
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  And Jesus says if you love me you obey me.
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  He also said that you will know them by their fruit.
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  So we know some very important things here.
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  God's people obey him.
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  That's what we talked about last week.
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  Obedience is the key to knowing who is of who and who is not.
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  So when we're looking at this issue of the cause of eternal salvation it is the cause
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  of eternal salvation to all who obey him.
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  Chapter verse 10 being designated.
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  What's interesting about this word designated is it's to address salute or call by name
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  in public.
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  God the father has addressed Jesus.
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  Good Jesus has called Jesus by name in public as a high priest.
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  That's my high priest.
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  Now what's interesting about this high priest is he has always been a high priest.
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  Remember Jesus was crucified before the foundation of the world which means he was priest of
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  his people before the foundation of the world.
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  That the very things that he had to represent concerning the priesthood had to be applied
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  to Abraham Isaac and Jacob and all of the saints before his crucifixion.
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  Isn't that interesting.
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  So the very act of the priest coming before the father on behalf of his people saying
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  I got them covered.
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  I'm their sacrifice.
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  We talked about that last week also.
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  So the father addressed Jesus and calls Jesus by name in public as high priest and this
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  particular high priest by God a high priest after Kata the word here is the word Kata
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  means according to.
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  So he is a high priest according to the order.
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  Now many people would think that the word order would mean oh he's got to be secret
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  society.
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  I'm not just a joke.
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  You guys got serious on that.
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  So when you think of an order of something you're like whoa.
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  Well actually it's not the word order.
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  The word actually is the character the fashion the quality the style or after the manner
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  of the priest considering of Melchizedek.
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  So Jesus is according to the character fashion quality style and manner of Melchizedek.
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  Isn't that interesting.
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  Doesn't that sound familiar that he would be the exact imprint of Melchizedek that he
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  is of the character fashion quality and style of Melchizedek.
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  That's the point here.
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  In other words the consistency of the scripture is applied here that Jesus is the high priest
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  and he is the exact character fashion and quality of Melchizedek.
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  That's what this word means.
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  It's an interesting word.
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  You can go a little bit deeper dive and that's where you'll find that information in the
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  lexicon.
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  Now turn to Genesis chapter 14.
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  Genesis chapter 14 just so that you understand a little bit about Melchizedek.
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  In Genesis 14 there is only three places in all of scripture that Melchizedek is mentioned.
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  One is right cheer.
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  Right cheer I know for you guys who are like from the city you know what cheer is right.
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  Here.
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  That's just a silly thing.
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  When you grow up in the hood you kind of know what cheer.
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  Well how y'all I'm from right cheer you know that's I you guys I lost you.
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  It's okay.
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  It's all right Ben's going squirrel.
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  I got it.
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  Who squirreled me.
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  That was my wife.
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  Chapter 14 verse 17 says this and after his return from the defeat of chair Delorma and
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  the kings who were with him the king of Sodom and went out to meet him in the valley.
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  And the question is who.
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  So what happens is Abram gets done having a war with the kings and during this time
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  of the kings the king of Sodom comes with Abram and he specifically asked for something.
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  Now how do we know that this is the king of Sodom because the scripture says so and God
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  hasn't destroyed the city of Sodom and Gomorrah yet.
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  That doesn't happen until chapter 18.
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  So we're in chapter 14.
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  Okay.
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  And then he says this he comes out to meet him in the valley of Shiva.
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  That is the king's valley and Melchizedek king of Salem or Salam.
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  Now the king Melchizedek the king of righteousness is the king of peace because that's what Salam
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  means.
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  Okay.
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  Brought out bread and wine.
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  He was priest of God most high.
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  Now it's interesting is many would say see that's Jesus because he brought bread and
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  wine out.
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  Couldn't the Holy Spirit bring out bread and wine if he was Melchizedek or couldn't the
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  father bring out bread and wine if he was Melchizedek.
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  I mean aren't they God Yahweh the triune.
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  So verse 19 says and he blessed him.
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  He blessed Abram and said blessed be Abram by God most high possessor of heaven and earth
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  and blessed be God most high who has delivered your enemies into your hand.
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  And what did Abram do.
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  And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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  It's an offering a tithe to end the king of Sodom and Sodom said Abram give me the persons
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  but take the goods for yourself.
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  And Abram's like no I don't think so.
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  No way because if I do that you're going to be like I'm taking credit and it's going to
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  be bad and I really don't like you.
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  So Abram was like you're not getting a penny you're not getting anything from me.
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  And that's how the story goes because four chapters later the city is in ruins.
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  What's interesting about Melchizedek is the name of Melchizedek where Melchizedek is from
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  what Melchizedek does and Abram's response to Melchizedek.
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  This is not a mere man.
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  And this is important because as we continue to read we're going to understand a little
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  bit more about Melchizedek.
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  I think you guys are starting to see where I believe who the person Melchizedek is.
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  Okay now let's keep going.
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  Principle number two.
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  What God has said in his word is meant to be understood starting with the simple to
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  the difficult.
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  God has said it not to make it difficult for you.
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  What God says he means.
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  It's not confusing.
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  He says exactly what he means and he means what he says.
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  He's not trying to do some mystery.
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  So if you have some dude on stage or some lady on stage going I have a mystery of God
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  and all that kind of stuff run for his run.
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  No mystery.
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  There's no secrets.
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  It is exactly what he says he is and he does exactly what he says he's going to do.
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  And so salvation is easy to understand.
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  We're sinners.
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  We're dead in our trespasses and sins.
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  The only way to go to heaven Jesus says I am the way I must die for the sinner shed
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  my blood to cover their sin be buried so that they will have victory over the grave because
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  I know about you.
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  We have an entire cemetery of bodies that have not been resurrected yet that one one
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  day will.
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  OK.
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  So that being said he resurrected from the grave.
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  So we now have victory over sin death in the grave.
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  That's why I shared with the kids.
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  Now let's clarify this a little bit.
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  If salvation is that easy to understand then why do so many people don't understand it
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  because most of you guys if you're believers go I totally get that.
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  Go tell it out there and they're going to look at you like you're crazy like what are
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  you talking about makes no sense.
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  Well so let me say it this way.
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  Salvation is easy to understand with the Holy Spirit but impossible without him.
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  Want you to grab that salvation is not your decision.
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  Salvation is a work of God.
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  And when the Holy Spirit comes upon the heart and changes the heart they come to the truth
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  illumination the doctor of illumination to the reality of salvation at which point they
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  confess the impossible.
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  Jesus is my master.
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  That's what this means.
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  And so First Corinthians chapter two verse 14 I've said this 20 million times.
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  I'll continue to say it.
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  It's a verse I use quite a bit but it's very clear.
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  The natural person does not accept the things of the spirit of God for they are folly to
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  him and he has not.
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  He is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
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  You hear that they do not accept the things of the spirit is the gospel of the spirit
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  of God.
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  Jesus says in John 3 when he's having a conversation with Nicodemus Nicodemus you must be born
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  of the water and of the spirit.
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  Well how can a man enter his mother's womb a second time.
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  He says that which is born of flesh is flesh.
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  You got to be a human being that which is born of the spirit of spirit.
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  You don't see the wind.
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  You see the effects of the wind.
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  You don't know where the wind came from.
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  So it is with the spirit.
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  There you go.
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  Context scripture interpreting itself.
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  Excellent thing.
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  I love it.
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  I don't need to work at it.
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  You just got to present it.
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  And so he clarifies a little bit more in Hebrews 5 11.
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  He says about this about what this word this this Perry Perry us the word concerning this
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  or concerning that.
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  What is that the whole statement previously said.
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  That's what us means.
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  So Perry us means concerning the entire statement I previously said let's go there.
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  What did he say though he was a son.
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  He learned obedience through what he suffered and being made perfect.
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  He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.
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  Isn't that interesting.
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  In other words because of what I just said to you you guys should know this.
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  And then he clarifies a little bit more.
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  We have much to say about eternal salvation and the work of Christ.
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  But it's hard to explain.
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  First of all if it's an easy doctrine it's something we should know.
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  Why would the writer say it's difficult for me to talk about with you.
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  I'm going to explain it to you.
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  This is what he says since you have become doll of hearing since you have since you have
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  come to the point that you're not listening and the reason why you're not listening is
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  because you aren't mature.
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  So here we go.
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  Clarify this.
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  Jesus actually shows this principle in Luke 24 verse 25 through 27.
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  If you remember there were two guys walking on a road to Emmaus and Jesus shows up and
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  they don't recognize him he's like yo have you heard what's going on like over these
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  last couple days.
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  And Jesus is like no go ahead and tell me.
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  He didn't say no but he was like what what happened.
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  And this is what Jesus says to them after the conversation.
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  He said to them oh foolish ones and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have
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  spoken was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into
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  his glory and beginning with Moses and all the prophets he interpreted to them in all
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  the scriptures the things concerning himself.
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  In other words why aren't you believing.
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  I've already told you this stuff.
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  Not only have I told you it but the prophets and Moses told you this.
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  Why don't you believe.
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  Because they were foolish immature without life.
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  So here comes the next statement.
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  Principle number three you will not grow and mature in faith if you do not learn the fullness
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  of God's word especially the basic doctrines of faith.
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  You must grow you must go beyond the Gospels and dig deep into the Old and New Testament.
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  You need the full counsel of the word of God.
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  That's what this means.
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  That's exactly what this particular writer is talking about.
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  Now to prove this out a little bit let me give you a supporting scripture.
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  Until we until we all attain the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the son of
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  God to mature manhood to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ so that
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  we may no longer be children tossed to and fro by waves and carried about by every wind
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  of doctrine by cunning by human cunning by craftiness and deceitful schemes.
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  Ephesians 4 13 through 14.
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  What is the purpose of us teachers is to teach you the full counsel of God of God's word.
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  What is your responsibility.
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  Guys I'll clarify that right now.
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  Hebrews chapter 5 verse 12 to 13 for though by this time Dia ho Kronos.
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  That's what by this time in other words you guys should be beyond this already.
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  Ouch.
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  That hurts.
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  Why are we even talking about this.
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  This should be simple for you.
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  Actually he's writing to Jewish people.
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  The Jews know it's not a secret when he brings up Melchizedek he knows exactly they know
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  exactly who he's talking about.
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  And he's saying you by this time you should know this already.
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  You ought to be teachers.
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  You should be doing teaching not sitting as a student.
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  You need someone to teach you again the basic principles.
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  The archaic the beginning the origin the story the story high on you guys should be on should
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  be beyond the archaic story high on this year this word beginning or origin of the first
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  things the simple teachings like the alphabet doctrine of salvation the doctrine of righteousness
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  the doctrine of justification the doctrine of sanctification the doctrine of election
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  the doctrine.
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  All of those are simple basic truths.
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  We should be talking about the deep things of God.
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  How does God totally transform our lives.
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  What can we do to continue working for the kingdom.
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  Like that's what he's talking about here.
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  But we're so too stuck on the little things.
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  So we saying listen I got to go back and teach you the alphabet.
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  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P.
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  You guys know.
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  Come on.
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  That's what he's saying here.
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  So by this time you ought to be teachers.
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  You need someone to teach you again the basic principles the origin the beginning of the
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  simple things like the alphabet.
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  Because that's literally what this word means.
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  Stoichayan.
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  What specific simple things like the alphabet the oracles of God.
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  Can't even obey the simple things.
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  That's one of the things that's so important about baptism.
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  It is simple.
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  It requires no knowledge.
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  It requires an attitude of obedience.
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  That's it.
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  I want to do this because he's asked me to.
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  And I love him and I'm going to do it because I love him.
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  That's why we do it.
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  No secret.
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  No mystery.
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  There's no salvation and baptism.
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  It's the work of God upon the life.
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  Now he says you need milk not solid food.
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  This is what this writer says.
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  I can't feed you the deep things of God that you'll choke.
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  I got to give you milk.
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  I got to you got to start suckling again.
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  For everyone this word everyone is the word pas and this word pas literally means any.
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  So it's not every single believer.
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  It means any believer who lives met to echo or mateco is another way to say it.
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  Mateco to partake of or to feed on.
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  So this particular truth this reality of feeding you milk is for anyone who feeds on milk.
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  If all you're going to do is go to church because you want to hear a happy message this
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  ain't the place for you.
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  You know as Stephen Furtick would say if you're coming for doctrine go get fat at another
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  church wear that wear that church come and get fat with the truth of God because mature
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  people preach the gospel because when all craziness breaks loose guess whose church
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  is going to be empty because there's no mature believers there.
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  Real men need to lead.
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  And so the reason why he says this to them for any who feed on milk is unskilled.
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  I pie Ross I pie Ross this word I pie Ross means inexperienced or without experience
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  with a specific thing.
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  It means you don't have any experience with a specific thing.
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  What thing the Bible.
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  You know it's 30 years of walking with Christ.
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  I'm a little bit more than that but I'm not even halfway as efficient as R.C.
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  Sproul was before he went home to be with the Lord or John MacArthur or some of these
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  guys they know the word far better than I do.
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  But people ask how Pastor Joe how can you know that because I work out I spend time
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  in it.
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  I think about it constantly.
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  Why do you think about it because I love it.
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  How can you not love this thing.
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  You're like well I don't like reading.
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  Listen you don't even got to read you got Bible apps that'll talk to you.
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  I mean pretty easy nowadays.
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  How could you not.
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  And that's exactly what he says here that they are they are they are inexperienced with
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  the word of righteousness is the word here in their inexperienced in the word of
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  righteousness.
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  He tells you what they're inexperienced.
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  The reason why they're unskilled the reason why they're on milk is because they just want
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  to be told how wonderful they are.
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  Vodi Bakum called that this sissified Jesus.
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  They want the Jesus that's tolerant but they don't want the Jesus that tells the truth.
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  They just can't live any way you choose to live.
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  And so what happens is this logos.
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  Dike Yasuna is the word here.
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  Dike Yasuna the doctrine concerning the way which man may attain the state of approval
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  of God.
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  When it talks about the word of righteousness he's talking about the doctrine concerning
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  the way of the Christian life.
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  Now this is true then we can understand why they're on milk.
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  Why because they are napias napias means they're childish untaught.
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  One thing you'll know you're going to get taught here and it's going to be hard and
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  it's meant to be hard.
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  It's not.
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  It's hard for me.
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  You think I don't struggle with some of these things when I'm in it.
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  If I don't struggle I have to wonder where my mind and heart is that I want to be radically
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  transformed for Jesus even now.
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  And I want to test everything.
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  Your job is not to take me at my word.
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  Your job is to prove it.
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  And if you're going to prove it write it down.
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  Show me show the show the elders show us.
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  Let's reason together through the scripture.
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  Everyone has that responsibility.
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  That is what he's talking about in the next verse in chapter in verse 14.
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  You need to be able to discern the difference between good and evil.
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  And so here's some scripture to clarify the prove this out acts chapter 20 verse 26 through
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  27.
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  Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all for I did
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  not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
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  Listen to me I don't care how you feel about what I'm teaching.
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  If it is biblical and true and the scripture interprets the scripture that is not my problem.
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  My problem is to love you through it and let us reason together with it.
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  And if I'm wrong trust me I will write this ship.
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  But you need to understand if I don't teach the full counsel of the word of God your blood
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  is on my shoulders not going to happen.
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  I will not be looked at by my God and my Savior as as inefficient and a failure to preach
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  and teach the full counsel of his word.
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  I won't do it.
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  That's on me.
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  How do we know this because he says this in Second Timothy 316 for all scripture is breathed
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  out by God and profitable for teaching for reproof for correction and for training and
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  righteousness that that you that I the man of God may be complete and equipped for every
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  good work all scripture not just the ones that make us feel good the ones that are difficult.
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  That being said it's very important.
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  You guys know the five solace.
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  Well here's one I have not given to you yet.
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  Sola scriptura the scripture alone is only the scripture alone.
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  Scripture is the only thing given to God's people to renew the mind.
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  There is nothing on the planet that will change your thinking.
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  You're like well I don't need the word of God the spirit will do that.
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  The spirit uses the word of God.
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  The scripture says that God sends his word out and it will not return to him void.
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  The whole point of the word of God is to change you.
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  We'll prove that in a minute.
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  It's the only thing on the planet that will convert the heart change the mind of man which
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  the Holy Spirit uses to convert the heart.
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  Faith comes by hearing and hearing that of the word of Christ.
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  The very gift of faith comes through the gospel through the word of God.
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  Now how do we know this.
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  John 17 14.
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  If you got to get a chance come on out on Wednesdays.
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  We are here.
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  John 17.
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  And this is what he says I have given them your word.
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  There's more to it but I want you to hear that and I'll clarify this again because in
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  Psalm 1 verse 1 and 2 it says blesses the man who walks not in the council the wicked
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  nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits in the seat of scoffers but his delight is
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  in the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night.
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  You want to be a man blessed a woman blessed meditate on his word.
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  You know what meditate means.
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  Chew the cud.
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  How many guys know what cows do.
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  They chew cud.
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  How many stomachs does a cow have.
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  Four.
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  You know as that's called every time he swallows and throws it back up.
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  Cud.
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  Why does he chew the cud.
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  To get every single bit of nourishment that that cow can get out of that.
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  That's why you guys got milk.
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  Chew the cud.
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  Now let's clarify this a little bit more.
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  Verse 14 but solid food stereos the firm immovable the hard the rigid the solid food the food
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  food here is trophy.
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  What's interesting it's not talking about food.
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  It's talking about the substance for instruction or the food of the mind.
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  So this immovable rigid food of the mind the substance of instruction is for the mature.
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  In other words you notice the opposite of the mature is the milk.
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  So you want to drink milk.
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  Keep enjoying your milk.
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  Eventually it will rot.
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  But food chew it up.
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  Right.
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  For the for it is for the mature for those who have their powers of discernment trained
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  by constant practice.
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  Notice where your powers of discernment come from.
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  It comes from the gymnasial the exercising vigorously the hexes word here practice.
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  So this word trained by constant is the word gymnasial vigorous training and the word practice
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  is the word hexes.
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  Now what's interesting about this word hexes this word means power acquired by practice
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  or use.
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  In other words you don't get like Arnold Schwarzenegger by taking a pill.
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  You actually have to lift weights.
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  So you've got to exercise your spiritual muscles.
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  Just pull it up start doing curls thinking about it.
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  All right.
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  So practice the power acquired by practice or use.
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  What is the power acquired by practice or use discernment.
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  You need to vigorously exercise biblical truth.
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  Now what's interesting about what you're going to discern is you're going to discern the
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  difference between the good the callous or the evil the Kakos.
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  So the callous is this the beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life praiseworthy morally
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  good and noble.
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  So in order for you to exercise what is good the callous so that you can know what is beautiful
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  you got to spend time in the word.
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  And then he says in order for you to know the Kakos the evil the contrary to divine
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  and human law that which is a crime.
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  Did you know when you sin you're committing a crime.
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  You may not commit crime against man but you're committing a crime against Jesus.
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  So how does it feel to be a criminal.
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  I'm a criminal.
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  We're all criminals.
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  We're committing a crime.
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  We are we are living in a way and failing to discern that which is contrary to divine
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  law.
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  That's a crime.
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  Wow.
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  Ouch.
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  That's the point.
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  So how do we live in such a way that we avoid committing the crime.
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  How do we live in such a way that we can have the powers of the sermon trained by vigorous
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  exercise so that we can acquire this discernment through practice and use so we can know the
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  good and the evil.
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  Psalm 119 verse 9 through 16.
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  And this is for all of all of you young men and all of the old men and women and everyone
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  else.
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  This is for everybody.
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  But the scripture here specifically uses this term.
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  How can a young man keep his way pure by guarding it according to your word.
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  With my whole heart I seek you.
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  Let me not wander from your commandments.
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  For I've stored your word up in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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  Blessed are you O Lord.
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  Teach me your statutes.
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  With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth in the way of your testimonies your
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  commandments your truth I delight as much as in all riches.
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  I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
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  I will delight in your statutes.
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  I will not forget your word.
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  Memorize it.
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  How can a young man keep his way pure by living according to your word.
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  I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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  That's an IV if you guys want to know.
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  I memorize this as a 22 year old.
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  Just to clarify this in a New Testament statement pretty simple Romans 12 to do not be conformed
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  to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so you can test and approve what
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  God's will is his good pleasing and perfect will.
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  Romans 12 to why is this important because it's the word that transforms.
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  Why is this important because you should be eating meat by now not drinking milk.
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  Why is this important because you need to grow and until you grow in the fullness of
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  Christ then you will not know the work that you're supposed to do.
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  That's what this whole thing's about.
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  And it's important because that's the responsibility of the priest and he's saying this so that
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  you understand when I'm talking to you about Christ and his eternal salvation and his priesthood
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  this is basic truth for you.
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  So when you get into chapter six your mind's going to explode because there's some deep
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  things there and then you get into chapter seven you're going oh my goodness I didn't
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  see that and then you go deeper and deeper and you go into chapter 10 and you understand
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  you have to suffer and you got to consider it pure joy brothers when you go through suffering.
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  How many of you guys are willing to allow the plundering of your property for the sake
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  of other believers.
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  You're going to give up your house and go out there in the street while people get persecuted
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  and beaten.
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  That's what they did is that you actually went and participated.
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  Why because they knew of a better treasure.
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  That is meat.
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  It's a lot of truth coming.
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  So that's why the writer writes what he writes here.
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  Man feast on the word.
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  The word is full of goodness.
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  It is what?
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  Filling for the soul is sweet as honey.
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  It tastes good.
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  It is your spiritual manna.
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  So enjoy it.
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  More to come in next week as we get into chapter six.
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  So let's pray.
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  Father I want to thank you so much for your faithfulness and goodness.
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  Thank you Lord for your word.
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  Thank you for challenging us to be people who vigorously exercise your word in our lives.
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  Help us to test everything to know your truth.
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  You have promised that you would guide us in it.
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  To you be honor and glory and power and might forever in Jesus name.
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  Amen.